Bat For Lashes - Fur And Gold (2006)

Tracklist:

1. Horse And I
2. Trophy
3. Tahiti
4. What's a Girl To Do?
5. Sad Eyes
6. The Wizard
7. Prescilla
8. Bat's Mouth
9. Seal Jubilee
10. Sarah
11. I Saw A Light

With Fur & Gold, Bat for Lashes -- aka Natasha Khan -- brings a fairytale quality and air of mystery to her music, performing a delicate balancing act between everyday emotions and the power of fantasy. As the title suggests, there's something gorgeous but raw about her songs, which fly from spare British chamber folk to shades of lavish rock, pop, and dance as she throws herself into stories that update the traditions of other iconic female artists. She's a warrior princess of the moors with only her steed to keep her company on "Horse and I," a song whose dramatic sweep would do Kate Bush proud; on the fable-like sensual duet "Trophy," Khan sings "creatures of mercy/shoot them down and set me free" with Björk-like urgency. Despite Fur & Gold's unabashedly mystical vibe, Khan emphasizes the reality in her magical reality, whether she makes it sound like it's perfectly natural to sing "drink his blood and he's our leader" on "The Wizard," or crafts strong heroines on songs such as "Prescilla"'s urban folk or "Sarah"'s surprising rock. The most remarkable thing -- out of a lot of remarkable things -- about Fur & Gold is the emotional power of Khan's songs. "What's a Girl to Do?" might be decorated with beautifully ghostly girl group beats and harmonies, but the pain of falling out of love is palpable. Best of all is "Sad Eyes," a love song so warm and fragile that the way it cuts to the quick when Khan sings "trying to keep it together/keep my love as light as a feather" is breathtaking. As far flung as these songs can be, they never sound scattered, and only rarely overdone: the thunderstorm-laden ballad "I Saw a Light" is the only moment that feels close to over the top. This is a vivid, accomplished, transporting debut.

by Heather Phares

Una cruza entre PJ Harvey y Björk. Excelente disco.


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Regina Spektor - 11:11 (2001)

Track listing

1. "Love Affair" – 2:22
2. "Rejazz" – 3:37
3. "Back of a Truck" – 5:52
4. "Buildings" – 4:43
5. "Mary Ann" – 2:56
6. "Flyin" – 1:59
7. "Wasteside" – 2:22
8. "Pavlov's Daughter" – 7:43
9. "2.99 Cent Blues" – 3:33
10. "Braille" – 4:55
11. "I Want to Sing" – 3:56
12. "Sunshine" – 2:23

Su primer disco, probablemente el más crudo de todos. La mayoría de los temas son sólo voz y piano, en algunos se suma un contrabajo, y otros son sólo voz y contrabajo o directamente a cappella.

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